Re: (TFT) d20 TFT

["Ty Beard" <tbeard@tyler.net>]

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From: "Martin Gallo" <martimer@mindspring.com>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>


> >PROBLEM:
> >The 3d6 bell curve is too steep and causes players to overvalue DX (i.e.
an
> >adjDX of 12 = 74% chance of success; adjDX 13 = 84% and so on).
>
> I always thought this was a good idea as it imposes a diminishing
> return on the benefit of the stat increase - much like life. I never
> played a long term TFT campaign, so I never had to worry about 'the
> big guys'.
>
> Have you considered 4d6 to flatten out the curve a bit?

I did, but that would require re-rating everything (a 10 would no longer be
average). It is also a slight bit slower to count 4 dice.

The d20 just seemed to offer too many advantages.

--Ty
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